Still, she is relentlessly pouring words out of her mouth. You would remember her well. ‘Talky Tina’ we used to call her. She was rude and obnoxio...us, always talking – some things never change. I remember how you managed to find something to like about her, despite her obnoxious manner. You always found something to like in everyone, no matter how annoying they were. I always loved that about you. ‘I am so glad to see you. Where’s Stephaney? Don’t tell me you guys broke up! You were the. The road teases you with its slow count of alternations, each change in tone marking one step closer to your lover.You have been lovers for most of the past year, but this appointment is special. It has been well over a year for the both of you, a full turn of seasons since each of you accepted the change, and now at last the both of you have mastered it.For as long as you have known him, he has been a man who used to be a woman and remembers it all jealously. Even that first time, as he drove. The bed she laid in was so niceand soft. But her leg was itching. Elyse automatically tried to scratchthe spot, but her fingers brushed against a hard surface instead of herleg. Then the memories flooded back into her mind. Yesterday she hadbeen changed from a boy into a girl and had broken her leg at a break-inthat she was busy doing.A male nurse came in her room, "Hello Elyse, how are you feeling thismorning?" Weird, how do you cope with..."The nurse smiled. Elyse thought, 'He has a nice. Can I ask you what might be a difficult question?”“Sure.”“How many guys would you have to be with to feel like a slut?”“I, uh, never thought about that. I never expected to stay a virgin until I married, but I never thought about how many guys. Why?”“It’s a question I’ve thought about. It’s something that everyone should think about. The Church, and a lot of adults, think you should be a virgin when you marry and never be with anyone else. So in their case, I guess more than one would be.